TUTORNOVA MENTOR
Vamshika is a tutor with 5 years worth of students, assignments, editing, marking and HSC horror stories embedded in her cerebral cortex. She runs on poetry, anxiety and guacamole. She specialises in smiling, deriding Schmoop and Spark Notes, and writing snarky comments on margins.
2500
Hours of Tutoring
SUBJECTS
HSC English Extension 2
HSC English Extension 1
HSC Advanced English
HSC Standard English
Year 7 – 10 English
HSC Legal Studies
BOOK SMARTS
97.35 ATAR, 2013
Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of International Studies at UTS (Current)
One year of Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Arts at USyd
ACHIEVEMENTS
Performed at HSC OnStage 2013
Entry scholarship from the Education Faculty – USyd 2014
Studied Introduction to International Relations and Comparative Politics – Harvard Summer School, Harvard University 2015
Internship at Symmetra 2017
Internship at 40K Globe Feb 2018
I became a Tutornova Mentor because…
I believe students have more of a chance to flourish if they’re in the right environment and provided with the right tools. Tutoring can provide both!
One piece of advice for students with big dreams is….
Get off Netflix! Unless you’re going to create a show and it’s research.
I’d describe my teaching style as…
Attentive, inventive, sensitive.
My biggest challenge in the HSC was…
Trusting my instincts.
I overcame this challenge by…
Blocking out the white noise of other people’s expectations.
If I could go back in time to when I was in high school I would tell myself…
Get out and exercise a bit more.
I keep motivated through hard times by…
Remembering that you’re going to have to do things you hate to be allowed to do the things you love.
My philosophy is…
Learn every word in the dictionary and you’ll never need to use the word bored.
My favourite productivity tool or app is…
DuoLingo! Hablas Espanol?
When I’m not teaching, I’m usually…
Exploring Sydney and beyond, going to music festivals, looking bemused, drinking tea or having a nap.
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